Peter Parker: Spider-Man #29

This tenderly rendered cover by Kaare Andrews fills the entire image with an intimate moment — Spider-Man, mask still on, sharing a close kiss with a red-haired woman bathed in warm, glowing light. It's a quietly striking image that sets a very different emotional tone from your average superhero slugfest, hinting that issue #29's story, "Destinations," is as much about the person behind the mask as the hero wearing it. Paul Jenkins and Charlie Adlard's collaboration continues to make this one of Marvel's most emotionally grounded Spider-Man titles of 2001.